Revell 1/32 Westland Lysander(Shuttleworth Collection Addition)

[Vaughan]

Hi Dave

On the face of it following those instructions sounds quite difficult and thats fine about 'pinching' a few ideas because that's what these forums are all about getting ideas and hints and tips. If my build helps you then all the better.

Vaughan

 

[Vaughan]

Hi All

I have sprayed the exhaust manifold and dry fitted to the engine cowling. I have also sprayed the wings prior to fitting to the fuselage as I think it will be easier that way. Black underside done and have started on the upper wing camo. I have decided to go for the 1944 SD version so it won't be the standard dark earth, dark green and sky.

Vaughan

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[tecdes]

I like the photo of the engine cowling Vaughan. Very nice.

No doubt this is going to be my next model. This aircraft is different from any other. Seems to hover between a biplane & a mono plane but not wanting to be attached to either species.

Laurie

 

[Vaughan]

Hi Laurie

Thanks for that. I think it's going to look very different from the models I have made so far.

Vaughan

 

[colin m]

Make it two for the engine ! That exhaust collector is a difficult colour to get right I've seen a few different examples around and can't help wondering what metal it's made from ?

Rewgards

Colin M....

 

[Vaughan]

Hi Colin

I'm not sure what the exhaust collector was made of either I found this image which might throw some light on the matter could it have been made of copper?

I've yet to matt down mine as at the moment it's far too glossy.

Vaughan

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[yak face]

Great progress vaughan, i prefer the look of the black/green/grey camo anyway!The exhaust collector ring was, i believe, made of a steel alloy but quickly turned a burnt dark brown colour with use. This can look a bit coppery in some pics but was usually several tones of dark heat stained brown. Try misting a bit of tamiya x19 smoke over the copper to tone it down and give a bit of variation. cheers tony

 

[Vaughan]

Hi Tony

I don't have any Tamiya paints only Model Air. Any suggestion of an alternative way of doing it?

Vaughan

 

[Ian M]

Hi Vaughan, that front end looks rather good.

As you say you have model Air paints, I am sure that you could use those to great effect due to their translucent properties. Just mist the collector very finely with browns and black, maybe a touch of dark blue at the join for the pipe. Just have a couple of practice runs first on some scrap.

I too could find my self buying one of these as soon as the stash is brought down a bit. (Like that's ever going to happen....)

Ian M

 

[Vaughan]

Hi All

An update from yesterday. The fuselage halves are together now but the frame had to be packed with plastic card to stop it rattling around once in situ. There are some quite bad seam misalignment along the body of the fuselage and up the tail fin. Some advice on how to best tackle these would be helpful. Do you sand down one side to match the other ? or do you fill the lower side and then sand in? I'm never sure which way is best.

The wings have had a coat of klear and I have applied the roundels they seem to have taken well although you can see the carrier film around the edge but I don't think this is silvering.

I wasn't happy with the exhaust collector where the exhaust pipe connected to the ring so have filled the gap and will repaint with a more realistic colour as the photos I've looked at don't appear at all metallic.

Vaughan

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[tecdes]

Do you ever go to bed Vaughan ?

The speed you work & looks great.

Laurie

 

[Vaughan]

Well Laurie

I'm a bit of a late bird don't normally go to bed before midnight so try to cram a few hours in here and there. I think once you get going on a model it's hard to stop although saying that I've a fair bit to do yet. I'm not looking forward to attaching the canopy as there's 6 parts and they have to line up with the wing roots and each other.

Vaughan

 

[yak face]

Keep at it vaughan its coming along great. The decals look fine, i imagine the bit of carrier film will disappear when you give the model the final matt coat. cheers tony

 

[treyzx10r]

I'm with Tony the decals should be fine after a dull coat. The build is coming along nicely!

 

[Vaughan]

Hi All

More Progress. Fuselage filled and sanded. Under fuselage canister glued filled sanded and sprayed black.

I have toned down the exhaust collector and exhaust pipe and added a weld seam where the two meet. I ended up using a combination of dark earth, yellow, black, white and some metallic rust. I think that this is a bit more realistic although not perfect.

Vaughan

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[Gern]

Hi AllThere are some quite bad seam misalignment along the body of the fuselage and up the tail fin. Some advice on how to best tackle these would be helpful. Do you sand down one side to match the other ? or do you fill the lower side and then sand in? I'm never sure which way is best.

Vaughan

I always add filler and then sand so it's a bit of both. As I sand across the join I'm taking off some of the side that is standing 'proud' as well as sanding back the filler.

It's always worth checking locating pins before you join pieces. Sometimes it's the locating pins themselves which throw the joint out of alignment. If that is happening, just cut off the offending pins. Getting the joint as close as possible usually saves the problem of filling the seam.

Gern

 

[Ian M]

Well I though that the collector look good before, but now it looks just great. Big improvement it looks used and more subtle.

Ian M

 

[stona]

Here's the exhaust collecting ring on a Swordfish

Surely some kind of steel,like the plate behind the exhausts on a P-51.

Cheers

Steve

 

[Vaughan]

Hi All

Here's an update from the last few days. The masking of the canopy is complete it was a bit of a mammoth task no wonder they called it a glasshouse. I have fitted the front section to the fuselage after completing a few dry runs so knew that there was going to be a bit of a fit issue. The forward most section needed to be mounted so that there was a gap otherwise it would not meet the side canopies. This resulted in needing to attach a strip of plastic card to fill the gap but this should be ok once sanded in. I altered the two rectangular inspection windows just forward of the tail fin after looking at several reference photos they will have circular portholes. The masks were made by using Tamiya tape firstly stuck to some 0.01" plastic card which I subsequently hold punched and peeled off and stuck to the inspection windows. I have also altered the under fuselage tank by adding two rings.

Vaughan

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[colin m]

Hi All More Progress. Fuselage filled and sanded. Under fuselage canister glued filled sanded and sprayed black.

I have toned down the exhaust collector and exhaust pipe and added a weld seam where the two meet. I ended up using a combination of dark earth, yellow, black, white and some metallic rust. I think that this is a bit more realistic although not perfect.

Vaughan

Love the welding..................